Cola Cao song


The "Cola Cao song" was a popular radiophonic advertisement in Spain used to promote the product Cola Cao in 1952. It is a nostalgia item identified with the metallic container. The song was aired in 1955 and composed by Aurelio Jordi Dotras, and its first verses are still remembered: "Yo soy aquel negrito del África Tropical / que cultivando cantaba la canción del Cola Cao /...".
It was one of the first advertisement in Spain which was repeated in the radio. In 1956, due to the song success, the company had from seventeen employees to a hundred of them. The company released a new version of the song in 2020, modifying the lyrics perceived as racist.